The daimones, divine spirits personifying abstract forces that shape human experience, included Phobos (fear), Deimos (terror), Kratos (strength), Elpis (hope), and Pistis (trust).
Pandora opened the great jar and released all evils into the world. Only Elpis remained trapped beneath the lid, her fate bound to Pandora's act of curiosity.
In Hesiod's Works and Days, when Pandora opened Pandora's Box, Elpis alone remained trapped beneath the lid while all other evils escaped into the world.
Zeus devised Pandora's jar and its contents — including Elpis — as punishment for Prometheus's theft of fire. Elpis alone remained when the jar was opened, her role in Zeus's design profoundly ambiguous.
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